How do I protect my privacy on Dreamwidth?

This guide covers how to keep your Dreamwidth journal private and secure. Part 3 tells you how to make sure that your account is secure. It's very important to be familiar with its contents. Part 2 explains what a public security level means, what information on your Dreamwidth journal is always going to be public, and who can see your public information. Part 1 tells you how to make your Dreamwidth journal as private as you possibly can, if that's what you want to do.

Part 1 - How to be as private as possible
Part 2 - What "public" actually means
Part 3 - Protecting your account's security